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Child Care Vouchers
Ms Keeble: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the Exchequer of (a) withdrawing the tax exemption for employer supported childcare, (b) the extension of the free childcare entitlement for two-year olds and (c) claims for the childcare element of working tax credit in the next 12 months; [301760]
(2) what estimate his Department has made of the number of employers which will close their childcare vouchers scheme as a result of the removal of the tax exemption for employer-supported childcare. [301761]
Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the likely effects of proposals to end tax relief on employer-supported childcare vouchers on the ability of families on average incomes to afford childcare. [302649]
Mr. Timms: On Friday 4 December 2009, the Prime Minister announced Government's policy in relation to Employer Supported Childcare. Tax exemptions on Employer Supported Childcare will not be removed.
For further information I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the right hon. Member for Don Valley (Caroline Flint) on 14 December 2009, Official Report, column 846W.
The reforms to tax relief for childcare vouchers will allow the Government to move towards the long-term ambition set out by the Prime Minister to extend the offer of free part time nursery places for all two-year-olds whose parents want them. As set out in Table B4 on page 173 of the 2009 Pre-Budget Report this approach will be revenue neutral.
The information requested is not available, as HMRC do not produce forecasts for the individual elements of Child and Working Tax Credits.
Coinage: Forgery
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people have been convicted of an offence of counterfeiting coins in each year since 1997. [312768]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The Treasury holds no central figures relating to the number of individuals convicted of counterfeiting coins.
Departmental Buildings
Jim Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what square footage of office space his Department and its agencies rent; and in respect of what proportion of such space rental is calculated on an index-linked basis. [313257]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The information requested is shown in the following table:
| Address | Area (1,000 m( 2) ) | Comment |
|
3,100 m(2) sublet to VOA, Buying Solutions, HMRC and a private tenant | ||
In addition, the Office for Government Commerce is responsible for the management of 16 properties on the residual estate.
The space rentals for these properties are not subject to calculation on an index-linked basis.
Departmental Pay
Mr. Leech: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) average and (b) highest non-consolidated performance related payment in cash terms was for senior civil servants in HM Revenue and Customs, in each of the last five years. [308054]
Mr. Timms: The non-consolidated performance related payments made to Senior Civil Servants (SCS) in HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last five years are provided in the following table:
| £ | ||
| Highest | Average | |
The figures cover all payments made to those in the SCS during the financial year and include those on standard permanent, standard fixed term contracts and non-standard fixed term contracts.
Non-consolidated payments are made for the previous year's performance so any bonuses paid during 2007-08 are for work completed in 2006-07.
Financial Services Compensation Scheme
Mr. Tyrie: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his most recent estimate is of the monetary value of bank deposits insured by the Government under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. [313070]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: According to the FSA's most recent figures, at 31 December 2008 the amount of deposits protected by the FSCS was £1,010 billion.
Insolvency: Fees and Charges
Jim Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what studies (a) his Department and (b) its (i) agencies and (ii) non-ministerial departments have made of the tax derived from fee income accruing from (A) corporation and (B) limited liability partnerships in respect of insolvency work. [313265]
Mr. Timms: No such studies have been made.
HM Revenue and Customs do not collect data to this level of detail.
Microgeneration: Finance
Simon Hughes: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the introduction of a feed-in tariff for micro-combined heat and power. [313548]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Treasury Ministers and officials have discussions with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such discussions.
National Income
Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the gross domestic product per head of population was in each of the last three years. [311754]
Angela E. Smith: I have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated January 2010:
As Director General of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question asking what the gross domestic product per head of population was in each of the last three years. (311754)
The latest available figures show that GDP per head in the most recent three years for which data are available are:
2006: £21,882
2007: £22,942
2008: £23,596
Data for 2009 will be available for the first time on 30 March 2010.
Background note
1. These figures are most recent GDP figures at current market prices published in the ONS statistical bulletin "Quarterly National Accounts" on 22 December 2009 and latest mid-year population estimates published in the ONS publication "Monthly Digest of Statistics".
Revenue and Customs: Powers of Entry
Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many times HM Revenue and Customs officers holding writs of assistance have exercised rights to effect entry by force without obtaining warrants from magistrates in each of the last five years. [312730]
Mr. Timms: The information requested is not available, as HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) do not keep records of how many times entry is effected by force.
HMRC's records show that in 2008-09 writs of assistance were used a total of 68 times. Force will not have been used in the vast majority of cases.
Revenue and Customs: Scotland
Stewart Hosie: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the running costs were of each HM Revenue and Customs office in Scotland in each of the last five years; [311967]
(2) what the fixed accommodation cash running costs of HM Revenue and Customs office buildings in Scotland were over each of the last five years. [311969]
Mr. Timms: Most of HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) offices are occupied under the terms of private finance initiative (PFI) contracts, under which the Department is unable to disclose running cost information for individual offices due to commercial sensitivity considerations.
For those offices not held under a PFI arrangement, running cost information is provided in the following tables-information prior to 2006-07 is available only at disproportionate cost.
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